Prudential plc (PUK) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral

PUK   Seeking Alpha — August 27, 2025

Prudential plc (NYSE:PUK ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 27, 2025 4:30 AM ET Company Participants Anil Wadhwani - CEO & Executive Director Benjamin James Bulmer - Chief Financial Officer John Cai - Regional CEO for Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam & Agency Patrick Bowes - Head of Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Abid Hussain - Panmure Liberum Limited, Research Division Andrew Sinclair - BofA Securities, Research Division Andrew John Crean - Bernstein Autonomous LLP Dominic Alexander O'Mahony - BNP Paribas Exane, Research Division Farooq Hanif - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Larissa Van Deventer - Barclays Bank PLC, Research …

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Buy 5 Consumer Discretionary Stocks on September Interest Rate Cut Hope — Positive

CCL  DIS  HAS  NFLX  RL   Zacks Investment Research — August 27, 2025

NFLX, DIS, CCL, RL and HAS shine as Fed rate cut hopes boost consumer discretionary stocks.

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On May 8, 2025, Proficient Auto's stock dropped 4.93% to $7.72 after reporting a $2.4M loss and 0.4% revenue decline in Q1 earnings released the day prior.

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Sompo holdings to acquire Aspen Insurance for $3.5 billion — Positive

AHL  SMPNY   Reuters — August 27, 2025

Japan's Sompo Holdings said on Wednesday that it will acquire New York-listed Aspen Insurance Holdings for around $3.5 billion, in the latest big ticket overseas acquisition by a Japanese financial firm.

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Box: The Silent Winner Of The Agentic AI Revolution — Positive

BOX   Seeking Alpha — August 27, 2025

Box is emerging as the go-to secure, neutral platform for agentic AI, enabling context-rich, permission-aware retrieval and memory for enterprise AI agents. Box's agentic AI platform sits directly atop enterprise content, integrating with major productivity suites and providing a scalable, policy-compliant memory layer. Security, compliance, and government-grade trust form a defensible moat, while Box's model-agnostic integrations create a durable network effect across the AI ecosystem.

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LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADN), an innovation-driven leader in fuel cells and hydrogen technologies, is pleased to announce that it has engaged Fata Advisory, LLC to support the Company's strategic outreach and business development with key U.S. government, commercial, and potential foreign customers in deploying Advent's power generation products for the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets.

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Moleculin Issues New Positive AML Overall Survival Data: — Neutral

MBRX   GlobeNewsWire — August 27, 2025

Median Overall Survival (OS) of 15 months for subjects with complete remission (n=8) Median OS of 2 nd Line efficacy evaluable population of 12 months (n=9) Median OS of Intent to Treat population (1L-7L) of 9 months (n=22) OS demonstrated by Annamycin in the MB-106 trial is significantly above industry expectations for relapsed AML (4-6 months) Clinical study report anticipated in Q1 2026 Company continues to execute Part A of the pivotal MIRACLE Phase 3 trial HOUSTON, Aug. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: MBRX) (“Moleculin” or the “Company”), a late-stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio …

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Led by Prof. Dr. Marianne Brodmann, PI of clinical studies for the Lumee™ Oxygen CE Mark, collaboration includes practice adoption and platform integration in cases and clinical study programs

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Conduent Announces the Successful Completion of Debt Refinancing — Neutral

CNDT   Business Wire — August 27, 2025

FLORHAM PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), a global technology-driven business solutions and services company, today announced it has successfully completed a refinancing of its existing term loan and revolving credit agreements. Key Highlights of the Refinancing: Full Prepayment of the Term Loan Renewed Revolving Credit Facility New Performance Letter of Credit Facility Giles Goodburn, Conduent's CFO, commented, “Completing this refinancing marks a key milestone.

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Okta Stock Rises. What Analysts Are Saying About Earnings. — Positive

OKTA   Barrons — August 27, 2025

The identity security company impressed the Street with a beat-and-raise quarter, sending its shares higher on Wednesday.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humana announces new agreements to expand specialized care programs for patients living with musculoskeletal conditions.

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Hong Kong, Aug. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: SKBL) (the “Company”), a civil engineering services provider in Hong Kong, today announced that it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement dated August 27, 2025 with accredited investors for the issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of up to 24,349,315 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share (each, a “Class A Ordinary Share”) and/or prefunded warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Prefunded Warrants”) in lieu of Class A Ordinary Shares, at a price of $0.73 per share, together with the Company's …

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AWS Backlog Fuels Amazon's Future — Neutral

AMZN   Seeking Alpha — August 27, 2025

Amazon reported $31.4 billion in Q2 CapEx, up 80.6% YoY, significantly pressuring free cash flow. AWS delivered $30.9 billion in Q2 revenue, growing 17.5% YoY, with a $123 billion annualized run rate. AWS backlog rose 25% YoY to $195 billion, reflecting strong enterprise demand across consumer, financial, and tech industries.

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German banks blocked PayPal payments worth more than 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion) due to concerns about fraud, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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Kohl's sales are still in decline, but they came in better than expected during the latest quarter as the company benefited from a Sephora partnership and redesigned checkout lines.

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The three stocks in this analysis are all waiting for the Nvidia earnings at the end of the day, as it will dictate where the overall risk appetite of the indices will fall. The “knock on effect” of Nvidia will be felt in many stocks.

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It's not just the tech industry that is being battered by mass layoffs this year. Grocery store giant The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) is reportedly cutting nearly 1,000 jobs from its corporate workforce.

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NVDA Earnings Loom, India Tariffs Hike — Neutral

INDA  NVDA   Schwab Network — August 27, 2025

Kevin Green says he isn't expecting a major move in Nvidia (NVDA) stock unless there are big announcements in its earnings report around its China business. Moving to the macro, KG breaks down the import/export impact of increased tariffs on India.

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A Russian court has fined social networking sites Pinterest and Twitch in separate cases for violating local internet regulations, the court said on Wednesday on its Telegram channel.

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MSTY's 100%+ Yield Intact — Neutral

MSTY   Seeking Alpha — August 27, 2025

Bitcoin's recent price movements do not warrant panic. I maintain my previous price prediction of $225,000 for BTC, suggesting that MSTY's triple digit yield will continue for the foreseeable future. Of the four technical indicators I used to forecast BTC price movements a few months ago, only one is flashing yellow, and may be a false negative. A closer examination reveals that the correlation between BTC and other cryptocurrencies - similar to that between gold and silver - helps explain the recent price movements.

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